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i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvin laird. jim schlesinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that period of time. all different, all with their strengths and indeed some of their weaknesses, but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the president his best advice, and i know chuck to give it very strongly. so i am going to talk a little bit about crack hagel, the man i served with for 12 years. my distinguished colleague and longtime friend, sam, had gone when chuck arrived at the senate. first year he was here, we had daniel defense authorization -- the annual defense authorization bill on the floor, and in those days, as it is today, that bill goes on that floor, that bill stays on that floor. sometimes a couple days, sometimes a couple of weeks. we get it through. when it's done we go back to our committee's
i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvin laird. jim schlesinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that period of time. all different, all with their strengths and indeed some of their weaknesses, but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the...
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i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvin laird. jim schlesinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that period of time. all different, all with their strengths and indeed some of their weaknesses, but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the president his best advice, and i know chuck to give it very strongly. so i am going to talk a little bit about crack hagel, the man i served with for 12 years. my distinguished colleague and longtime friend, sam, had gone when chuck arrived at the senate. first year he was here, we had daniel defense authorization -- the annual defense authorization bill on the floor, and in those days, as it is today, that bill goes on that floor, that bill stays on that floor. sometimes a couple days, sometimes a couple of weeks. we get it through. when it's done we go back to our committee's
i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvin laird. jim schlesinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that period of time. all different, all with their strengths and indeed some of their weaknesses, but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the...
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and you know i'm qualified for this job to be the head of the pentagon, defense secretary. it was almost like he was stunned by it. your thoughts. >> i think you're right. i think it was very personal. i was stunned by it, too. especially the way mccain kept pursuing it and pursuing it. clearly, john wanted chuck to say yes, i was wrong and you were right. and of course the verdict of history, as hagel tried to say, is still out on that. and frankly, in my view as a soldier, the surge had almost nothing to do with the actual increase in american troops. what it had to do was the coincidence of a number of things that were already moving in iraq. not least of which was the awakening. and it had to do with very frankly a general by the name of david petraeus taking advantage of this in order to enhance his own reputation. and as far as i'm concerned, the increase in troops had nothing to do with the change in the situation in iraq except that it got a bunch of them killed, as senator hagel was careful to point out. >> and that is paralleling his opening comments, which you ta
and you know i'm qualified for this job to be the head of the pentagon, defense secretary. it was almost like he was stunned by it. your thoughts. >> i think you're right. i think it was very personal. i was stunned by it, too. especially the way mccain kept pursuing it and pursuing it. clearly, john wanted chuck to say yes, i was wrong and you were right. and of course the verdict of history, as hagel tried to say, is still out on that. and frankly, in my view as a soldier, the surge had...
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>> jennifer griffin reporting from the pentagon. thanks. let's get reaction now from the vice chair of the senate intelligence committee, georgia republican sax by chambliss. you were busy in both hearings. let's start with the benghazi hearing. competent in a at that said the pentagon didn't have the intelligence or the assets to get to benghazi in time to protect those four americans who were killed. let's take a look. >> you can't just willie nilly send f-16s there and blow the hell out of a place without knowing what's taking place. you can't send ac 130s there, blow the hell out of a target without knowing what's taking place. >> did you find panetta and the chairman of the joint chiefs, did you find them persuasive on this point? >> not at all, chris. you know, to their credit, i understand this came about all of a sudden. but when i asked both of them, was this an intelligence failure, the response was interesting. what general dempsey said is, that there was an intelligence gap. i'm not sure i've ever heard that term in my 12 years
>> jennifer griffin reporting from the pentagon. thanks. let's get reaction now from the vice chair of the senate intelligence committee, georgia republican sax by chambliss. you were busy in both hearings. let's start with the benghazi hearing. competent in a at that said the pentagon didn't have the intelligence or the assets to get to benghazi in time to protect those four americans who were killed. let's take a look. >> you can't just willie nilly send f-16s there and blow the...
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but we need a gram shit to tell us the ancient order is gone but if you one has not emerged and the pentagon wants to control the emergence of this new ward this is what is really horrible cannot cannot jump in i mean go ahead. by the destabilization of the region and how much the peoples of the region have suffered major talking from israel israel is not such a such an innocent party in all this i mean that. they occupied the lands of all their neighboring. states they go into lebanon and bomb and strafe they they they dissed they killed people in gaza palestinians in gaza and they do interfere in iraq as well as there was seymour hersh of the famous american jordan a sort of deal that israeli agents. go through iraqi kurdistan and to iran to conduct some but objectivity is and gather intelligence. as part of their effort to to maybe in future attack attack iran their role in syria is now quite clear with a with a bomb or a bombing. yesterday or the day before yesterday and to and to syria so israel is a very close ally of the united states it's a forward military base practically for the u
but we need a gram shit to tell us the ancient order is gone but if you one has not emerged and the pentagon wants to control the emergence of this new ward this is what is really horrible cannot cannot jump in i mean go ahead. by the destabilization of the region and how much the peoples of the region have suffered major talking from israel israel is not such a such an innocent party in all this i mean that. they occupied the lands of all their neighboring. states they go into lebanon and bomb...
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particularly vulnerable due to the combination of military installing as, defense companies and the pentagon itself and virginia's democratic and republican lawmakers disagree on how to solve the crisis, there isboroing acknowledgment there might be no solution before friday. >> reporter: as president obama rallied, virginia's republican congressman questioned his holding a campaign-style southwest rage event whole no new talks are underway to prevent it from happening. >> the question i leave to you is to ask this, who the president can fix sequestration in the shipyard in virginia. if he can, i wish he would have been there a year ago so we wouldn't have to have this unstable situation. >> reporter: the virginiava congressmen are both members of the house armed services committee and both warn the axe will haunt virginia's economy and the nation's defense. >> it affects our readiness. the military chiefs don't have the ability to place the cuts thoughtfully and methodically across the defense budget. they have to go through and cut across the board. >> reporter: the damage could be signifi
particularly vulnerable due to the combination of military installing as, defense companies and the pentagon itself and virginia's democratic and republican lawmakers disagree on how to solve the crisis, there isboroing acknowledgment there might be no solution before friday. >> reporter: as president obama rallied, virginia's republican congressman questioned his holding a campaign-style southwest rage event whole no new talks are underway to prevent it from happening. >> the...
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buckets of money in the private sector, including serving on the board of a major contractor with the pentagon. mr. gates gave speeches, lots of them, for which he was paid plenty. but when bob gates testified before the senate, the subject of his private sector earnings never came up. after five hours of non-confrontational questions, the committee volt ford him unanimously. and then when it went to the full senate they confirmed him 95-2. the nominee before, that remember this guy? donald rumsfeld, 2001. donald rumsfeld, of course, had made zillions in the private sector. he sat on the board of a company that was believed to have won a giant contract to help north korea build nuclear reactors. but when donald rumsfeld testified before the senate, they didn't ask about the stock that he held or his roles in international business. they didn't even ask about the north korean reactors. they recommended his nomination to the full senate where he was confirmed in another vote of 95-2. so if history has anything to say about it, then what's happening to chuck hagel right now is not at all normal.
buckets of money in the private sector, including serving on the board of a major contractor with the pentagon. mr. gates gave speeches, lots of them, for which he was paid plenty. but when bob gates testified before the senate, the subject of his private sector earnings never came up. after five hours of non-confrontational questions, the committee volt ford him unanimously. and then when it went to the full senate they confirmed him 95-2. the nominee before, that remember this guy? donald...
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the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from afar firmly in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it will be handed out to joystick wielding drone pilots who wage their battles without setting foot in combat zones or parties or in english to explain to my colleagues what it takes to get the award. so your signature you have a joystick and you point click and they get an award essentially that's all it takes to get it to get a medal which is supposed to rank higher than the bronze medal which is given out to people who actually perform combat duty but according to the pentagon criteria i'm going to cite it here it will be recognizing a single act that directly affects the combat operation does not involve an act of valor and warrants that award higher than the bronze medal so instead of having to go to the front lawn or risk the extreme bloody violence there you can just sit in your recliner with a joystick and maybe a couple for example and just wage war from about a thousand miles away. perhaps there is a there perhaps t
the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from afar firmly in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it will be handed out to joystick wielding drone pilots who wage their battles without setting foot in combat zones or parties or in english to explain to my colleagues what it takes to get the award. so your signature you have a joystick and you point click and they get an award essentially that's all it takes to get it to get a...
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pentagon. >>> a check of this morning's other top stories. the maryland senate is expected to take up a gun control law today that has the support of governor martin o'malley. opponents say it violates second amendment rights, one of most con ten schuss provisions would require people to submit to fingerprints for handgun licensing. it also would ban assault weapons. >>> the man accused in the mother-daughter murders in prince george's county will have to be retried. a judge decolored a mistrial in the case against jason scott on a technicality. the bodies of dolores and ebony dewitt were found in the trunk of a stolen burned out car in 2009. someone testified scott was involved in multiple home invasions but it had been previously ruled that only one home unvision was admissible. >> he has taken away from me my sister, my mentor, my teacher, my friend. so he must stand trial for this person. my niece. >> these are the two women in our community who were killed and we are absolutely determined that we will hold him accountable. >> the retrial
pentagon. >>> a check of this morning's other top stories. the maryland senate is expected to take up a gun control law today that has the support of governor martin o'malley. opponents say it violates second amendment rights, one of most con ten schuss provisions would require people to submit to fingerprints for handgun licensing. it also would ban assault weapons. >>> the man accused in the mother-daughter murders in prince george's county will have to be retried. a judge...
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but the biggest dollar impact is going to be as david and i were talk a moment ago the pentagon. the pentagon gets hit harder than domestic departments. >> so much of the dialogue is finger pointing. who do you this will get blamed? >> the blame for the sequester is ridiculous. the congress passed. the president signed it. they all own it. they all got it. >> that was the point. >> that was the point. both parties consenting adults, knew that they were designing something that was designed to be so bad that it produced a deal. it's just that they haven't been able to get to the deal. in terms of who is winning the message ordinarily, it's a little hard to say. president obama has got the high side. he won the election. the public tends to support if you lay out all of the policy positions support where he's coming from, taxing the rich. but the idea of cutting spending is a very popular idea and republicans are riding that at a moment. gwen: except this new pew research showed that people weren't much for anything. it was hard to know whether it was because they don't like the id
but the biggest dollar impact is going to be as david and i were talk a moment ago the pentagon. the pentagon gets hit harder than domestic departments. >> so much of the dialogue is finger pointing. who do you this will get blamed? >> the blame for the sequester is ridiculous. the congress passed. the president signed it. they all own it. they all got it. >> that was the point. >> that was the point. both parties consenting adults, knew that they were designing...
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violation pentagon accused of breaking the u.s. bardot want to iranian oil tehran rebels record export cash. in turkey say a far left militant responsible for the suicide attack on the u.s. embassy in the capital that left one security guard dead. coming up next stay with us here on r.t. . hello and welcome to cross talk for all things considered i'm peter lavelle i'm forgetting iraq largely ignored by the media mainstream iraq is faced with a number of serious fault lines growing authoritarianism corruption separatism and political fragmentation this can hardly be the legacy washington wanted but it formally ended the military occupation on top of this baghdad appears to be crafting its own not a western for impulse. to cross talk iraq i'm joined by type escobar and some paolo he is a journalist and author in london we have sami ramadani he is the senior lecturer in sociology at london metropolitan university and in jerusalem we crossed amir javedanfar he is a middle east expert right gentlemen cross talk cross in effect that mean
violation pentagon accused of breaking the u.s. bardot want to iranian oil tehran rebels record export cash. in turkey say a far left militant responsible for the suicide attack on the u.s. embassy in the capital that left one security guard dead. coming up next stay with us here on r.t. . hello and welcome to cross talk for all things considered i'm peter lavelle i'm forgetting iraq largely ignored by the media mainstream iraq is faced with a number of serious fault lines growing...
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the pentagon will roll out medals for members of the military who contribute without action on the front lines. it's called the distinguishing warfare medals. >>> a kennedy was back at the white house but this time in handcuffs. r.f.k. jr. was there. his 18-year-old son connor and darryl hanna were also taken into custody. >>> president obama is laying out plans for life after the white house. he told the crowd in alabama he's looking forward to playing a little golf, firing and bash coug. >>> and new york mayer bloomberg wants a permanent ban on plastic containers. >>> overseas to georgia where things got heated between two politicians during a debate on live television. you can see two members of parliament clashing on the set. the topic of the debate, ways to reduce political violence. the irony. >>> the new website pendet tracker.com raises predictions on everything from sports to politics to finance. if you're there, don't put your money on pat buchanan. >>> and inews is out with a new survey own sex and relationships. it turns out 68% of the men say they married the best person the
the pentagon will roll out medals for members of the military who contribute without action on the front lines. it's called the distinguishing warfare medals. >>> a kennedy was back at the white house but this time in handcuffs. r.f.k. jr. was there. his 18-year-old son connor and darryl hanna were also taken into custody. >>> president obama is laying out plans for life after the white house. he told the crowd in alabama he's looking forward to playing a little golf, firing...
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talking to people in the pentagon, a lot of them would agree with that. the problem is they are halfway through the year. they have not been preparing for this at all. they will have to squeeze all of these cuts into a six-month period. the next six months, it is implemented, it will have an impact. in 2014, it will probably be more manageable. they will be able to choose where they want to make the cuts. host: our guest is marcus weisgerber of "defense news." the first call is from mark from michigan, a democrat. good morning. caller: hello? i was wondering. the money appropriated for hurricane sandy was over $50 billion. the money to be taken away from this is about the same. they are saying the sequestration is so terrible about job loss. how come it has not affected job gains on the east coast in the same amount in the short time they have to spend that money? guest: i read something this morning saying the sandy money is possibly subject to sequestration. there will be significant job loss with a lot of agencies. they say they're could be up to 2 mil
talking to people in the pentagon, a lot of them would agree with that. the problem is they are halfway through the year. they have not been preparing for this at all. they will have to squeeze all of these cuts into a six-month period. the next six months, it is implemented, it will have an impact. in 2014, it will probably be more manageable. they will be able to choose where they want to make the cuts. host: our guest is marcus weisgerber of "defense news." the first call is from...
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military because they buy two hundred fifty million dollars worth of gas every day to fund the pentagon's war machine when the price of gas continues to go up as it is hitting a record prices in california and other states the pentagon won't be able to afford to fill up their gas their tanks and their other vehicles of destruction so it's a double edged sword so that dollar is going to zero and gold is going much higher germany will ask for their gold and i'll be given a receipt for worthless dollars or a horsemeat burger from findus. emboldened by the rise of the islam is the allies across the arab world the muslim brotherhood's branch in jordan is now looking to expand its influence the movement has long been tolerated by the money key that allowing it to gradually win hearts and minds among the population some like with nine feet the brotherhood changing priorities could spell trouble of reports. when it comes to the arts professor mohsen us four works to bridge the divide between east and west influenced by both islamic and renaissance art he hopes to inspire his students with the sam
military because they buy two hundred fifty million dollars worth of gas every day to fund the pentagon's war machine when the price of gas continues to go up as it is hitting a record prices in california and other states the pentagon won't be able to afford to fill up their gas their tanks and their other vehicles of destruction so it's a double edged sword so that dollar is going to zero and gold is going much higher germany will ask for their gold and i'll be given a receipt for worthless...
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board government spending cuts set to take affect in less than two weeks. 46 billion to that from the pentagon. 10,000 teachers could be laid off. a reduction of boarder agents. longer waits on airport security lines. hold a meeting tuesday to outline what the cuts could do to their respective counties. chuck hagel's nomination remains up in the air. republicans delayed a confirmation vote. questioned how the white house questioned the deadly attack which had nothing to do with chuck hagel. even though he does not think hage l is qualified, he will be confirmed. another vote expected after con-- >>> several gun and ammunition companies are threatening to leave if new strict laws are put into place. a ban of magazines that include more than 15 rounds. a gun tax on all purchases. a ban on private sale of firearms and instituting you know vicious al background checks. >> over 200 jobs in assembly shipping design and headquarters facilities. and 400 or even more in our supplier's subcontractors throughout colorado. >> final action on all four measures are expected in the colorado state house today
board government spending cuts set to take affect in less than two weeks. 46 billion to that from the pentagon. 10,000 teachers could be laid off. a reduction of boarder agents. longer waits on airport security lines. hold a meeting tuesday to outline what the cuts could do to their respective counties. chuck hagel's nomination remains up in the air. republicans delayed a confirmation vote. questioned how the white house questioned the deadly attack which had nothing to do with chuck hagel....
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a crude violation pentagons accused of breaking america's own embargo on buying iranian oil while tehran rebels in record export. authorities in turkey say a far left militant is responsible for those suicide attack on the u.s. embassy in the capital on caret left one security guard dead. four am in moscow i met good to have you with us here on r t our top story around six thousand people have taken to the streets of the egyptian capital to protest against president mohamed morsi while thousands more are marching across the country at least fifteen people have been injured in fierce clashes in cairo as angry mobs attacked the presidential palace with firebombs here's bill true with the latest from cairo. we now have a chaotic scene because as clashes have broken out somehow government protesters answer security forces the president for this are many marches comprised of a presidential building and supposedly through march opera house the promise was not the police and i'm time we see gas comes off many demonstrations across the country of course there are still thousands and chris where
a crude violation pentagons accused of breaking america's own embargo on buying iranian oil while tehran rebels in record export. authorities in turkey say a far left militant is responsible for those suicide attack on the u.s. embassy in the capital on caret left one security guard dead. four am in moscow i met good to have you with us here on r t our top story around six thousand people have taken to the streets of the egyptian capital to protest against president mohamed morsi while...
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we need a gram shit to tell us the ancient order it's grown but if you one has not emerged and the pentagon wants to control the emergence of this new order this is what is really horrible cannot cannot. go ahead. by the destabilization of the region and how much the peoples of the region have suffered major talking from israel israel is not such a such an innocent party in all this i mean that they occupied the lands of their neighboring. states they go into lebanon and bomb and strafe they they destroy they kill people in gaza palestinians in gaza and they do intend fear in iraq as well as seymour hersh of the famous american jordan a sort of deal that israeli agents. go through iraqi kurdistan and to iran to conduct sabotage activities and gather intelligence. as part of their effort to to maybe in future attack attack iran their role and syria is now quite clear with a with a bomb or a bombing. yesterday or the day before yesterday and to and to syria so israel is a very close ally of the united states is a forward military base practically for the united states and it is playing also a
we need a gram shit to tell us the ancient order it's grown but if you one has not emerged and the pentagon wants to control the emergence of this new order this is what is really horrible cannot cannot. go ahead. by the destabilization of the region and how much the peoples of the region have suffered major talking from israel israel is not such a such an innocent party in all this i mean that they occupied the lands of their neighboring. states they go into lebanon and bomb and strafe they...
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. >> i have the pentagon in my state, 25,000 defense contractors, it is bad for virginia. it is bad for the united states of america. every three to six months we have a cries that's brings us to the edge of financial collapse. mutual finger pointing and can't get anywhere. >> mcdonnell says sequestration could mean 200 thousand how jobs lost in virginia. over the next decade. >>> military families in our region are feeling stressed about the unknown. some could see pay cuts. for others it could mean furloughs. then there are deployment plans that could change. >> it calls into question their belief the nation is behind them. >> whether it is what services will be available for you on the installation is the child care center, taking your kids, will that still be open? is the commissary still going to be open? >> lot of questions. national military family association says the most stressful part, will are potentially thousands that could be impacted and nobody has any answers. >>> with just three days to go we hope you will stay with news4 for all of the latest on any pote
. >> i have the pentagon in my state, 25,000 defense contractors, it is bad for virginia. it is bad for the united states of america. every three to six months we have a cries that's brings us to the edge of financial collapse. mutual finger pointing and can't get anywhere. >> mcdonnell says sequestration could mean 200 thousand how jobs lost in virginia. over the next decade. >>> military families in our region are feeling stressed about the unknown. some could see pay...
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the pentagon says the metal reflects the changing nature of waare in the 21st century. the veterans groups say something else. i will repeatit here. my next guest wrote an investigative report on the september 11th attack at the u.s. consulate in libya. among the shocking claims, curren to five crent cia nomination john burnett plans to raise that may have lead to retaliation and benghazi and the death of four americans. former u.s. navy seal. former u.s. army ranger, green beret. authors of the new e-book entitled benghazi, the definitive report. >> a situation where the u.s. unit's ad agencies were operating benghazi. a lot of cases not communicating with each other. special operations command conducting these rates, putting pressure on the militias and the terrorist groups and then what you saw, the result of that is the blow back of the gauzy. lou: special operations comes back and says, you know, we would never run an operation without the knowledge of the ambassador or the civilian representatives of the u.s. government and country. your reaction? >> it happens al
the pentagon says the metal reflects the changing nature of waare in the 21st century. the veterans groups say something else. i will repeatit here. my next guest wrote an investigative report on the september 11th attack at the u.s. consulate in libya. among the shocking claims, curren to five crent cia nomination john burnett plans to raise that may have lead to retaliation and benghazi and the death of four americans. former u.s. navy seal. former u.s. army ranger, green beret. authors of...
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a crude violation the pentagon accused of breaking america's own import ago and buying iranian oil well tehran rebels record export cash. authorities in turkey say a far left militant is responsible for the suicide attack on the u.s. embassy in the capital on her one security guard day. five am in moscow i matter as a good to have you with us here on r t our top story around six thousand people have taken to the streets of egypt's capital protesting against president mohamed morsi while thousands of more have staged rallies across the country at least fifteen have so far been injured in fierce clashes in cairo as an angry mob attacked the presidential palace with firebombs here's a reporter bel true with the latest. but you know how chaotic scenes are how come we need to ask questions how broken out somehow the government protesters answers are security forces the president. says are many marches comprised of presidential building concrete supposedly free market house the promise was not the police and i'm time we take us comes off many demonstrations across the country of course there
a crude violation the pentagon accused of breaking america's own import ago and buying iranian oil well tehran rebels record export cash. authorities in turkey say a far left militant is responsible for the suicide attack on the u.s. embassy in the capital on her one security guard day. five am in moscow i matter as a good to have you with us here on r t our top story around six thousand people have taken to the streets of egypt's capital protesting against president mohamed morsi while...
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assume that he gets confirmed, he has to be a tough -- a tough guy at the pentagon. he is going to be tough with congress. he has to deal with the potential of the sequester, fighting for the budget that he does get, dealing with all of the problems that come at you when you are in charge of the pentagon and the generals and the other members of the joint chiefs are going to feel they can run over him. >> we'll see about that. i assume that every general with any number of stars was watching intently yesterday, and might have had that thought in mind. you said another important word, which is sequester. it's going to be a huge mess over there trying to, first, anticipate this, and then deal with whatever the new reality is. i do think that it was ugly yesterday. it was ugly on both sides. the white house wasn't so much from what i heard defending his performance as saying that those mean republicans also performed in an ugly and bad and not very attractive way. i don't think anybody looked particularly good in that showdown. i also think it's very clear that this is,
assume that he gets confirmed, he has to be a tough -- a tough guy at the pentagon. he is going to be tough with congress. he has to deal with the potential of the sequester, fighting for the budget that he does get, dealing with all of the problems that come at you when you are in charge of the pentagon and the generals and the other members of the joint chiefs are going to feel they can run over him. >> we'll see about that. i assume that every general with any number of stars was...
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rather red faced pentagon is left to explain how iranian fuel ended up powering the u.s. war machines conflict years. of america's very own embargo against the islamic state. east or west home is best government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true is the inflow of immigrants will become overwhelming. and russia seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost two million lives but ultimately changed the course of the world. thanks so much for joining us here. live in moscow with news from around the world . violent protests have swept several egyptian cities overnight in cairo the wave of rioting reached the presidential palace this for the first time in more than a week of turmoil petrol bombs were thrown over the gates with thousands demanding the president steps down police there were sponsored with tear gas and water cannons one person killed at least fifty injured reporter bell true was there to witness the mayhem. i personally witnessed a lot of police brutality there's been a criticism o
rather red faced pentagon is left to explain how iranian fuel ended up powering the u.s. war machines conflict years. of america's very own embargo against the islamic state. east or west home is best government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true is the inflow of immigrants will become overwhelming. and russia seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost two million lives but ultimately changed the course of the...
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jennifer griffin live at the pentagon tonight. jennifer, what happened? >> well, with little fanfare, shep, u.s. and nate officials in afghanistan removed from their web site the month-to-month figure saying attacks by the taliban were down by 7% last year. there seemed to be a mistake. a mistake that led to administration officials making statements like this. >> violence levels have been trending downward in the last two years after five years of steady increases beginning in 2006. >> the problem is the attacks weren't trending downward. they were exactly the same as in 2011. an embarrassing admission by the pentagon that the the narrative about how the president's strategy in afghanistan was bearing fruit may have been misleading, shep. >> shepard: they must be making some case at the pentagon in their own defense. >> well, in essence, they blame the afghans. the afghan commanders supposedly forgot to submit their field reports about the attacks so the pentagon data was misleading. >> this is a regrettable error in our database systems that was discove
jennifer griffin live at the pentagon tonight. jennifer, what happened? >> well, with little fanfare, shep, u.s. and nate officials in afghanistan removed from their web site the month-to-month figure saying attacks by the taliban were down by 7% last year. there seemed to be a mistake. a mistake that led to administration officials making statements like this. >> violence levels have been trending downward in the last two years after five years of steady increases beginning in...
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and a red faced pentagon is left to explain how iranian fuel wound up u.s. war machines conflicts this in violation of america's very own embargo against the islamic state. east or west home is best government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true that fear is the inflow of immigrants will become open. and russia seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost about two million lives but ultimately changed the very course of a second world war. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here with. i'm with you all global news. violent protests have swept several egyptian cities overnight in cairo the wave of rioting reached the presidential palace for the first time now in more than a week of turmoil a petrol bomb over the gates with thousands demanding the president steps down police responded with tear gas and heavy water cannons at least one person was killed fifty injured in the clashes reporter bill true was there so watch it all happen. i personally witnessed a lot of police b
and a red faced pentagon is left to explain how iranian fuel wound up u.s. war machines conflicts this in violation of america's very own embargo against the islamic state. east or west home is best government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true that fear is the inflow of immigrants will become open. and russia seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost about two million lives but ultimately changed the very...
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a pentagon is left to explain how iranian fuel wound up the u.s. . east or west. u.k. government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians the old saying is true as it is the immigrants will become overwhelmed. russia marks seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost two million lives but ultimately changed the course of the world. with worldwide news live from moscow this is with me. good to have you with us today. violent protests of. cities over night in cairo the wave of rioting reached the presidential palace for the first time now in more than a week of turmoil petrol bombs were thrown at the palace with thousands demanding the president steps down police responded with tear gas and water cannons one person was killed and at least fifty were injured in the clashes i reporter true witness the. criticism of the police in the ministry of interior off the. my own eyes that could just but i this balcony the man who did not picture any resistance or any threats towards the police caught his trousers by his ankles was tr
a pentagon is left to explain how iranian fuel wound up the u.s. . east or west. u.k. government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians the old saying is true as it is the immigrants will become overwhelmed. russia marks seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost two million lives but ultimately changed the course of the world. with worldwide news live from moscow this is with me. good to have you with us today. violent protests of. cities...
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a crude violation the pentagon accused of breaking america's own embargo on buying iranian oil well tehran rebels and record export cash. authorities in turkey say a far left militant is responsible for the suicide attack on the u.s. embassy in the capital on courage that left one security guard dead. two am in moscow i met good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story this hour around six thousand have taken to the streets of the egyptian capital to protest against president morsi while thousands more are marching across the country at least fifteen people have been injured now in fierce clashes in cairo as angry mobs attacked the presidential palace with firebombs bell trues at the center of demonstrations with the latest we know how chaotic scene in the capital of egypt that's clashing have broken out somehow become a crisis and for security forces the president. many marxists comprised the presidents of building and create supposedly or you want to talk about the promise which not the police and i'm time we take us comes off many demonstrations across the country of course there
a crude violation the pentagon accused of breaking america's own embargo on buying iranian oil well tehran rebels and record export cash. authorities in turkey say a far left militant is responsible for the suicide attack on the u.s. embassy in the capital on courage that left one security guard dead. two am in moscow i met good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story this hour around six thousand have taken to the streets of the egyptian capital to protest against president morsi while...
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the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from a. in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it will be handed out to joystick wielding drone pilots who wage their battles without setting foot in combat zones. and in a going to explain to my colleagues what it takes to get the award. so you're cygnus here you have a joystick and you point click and they get an award as their sleeve that's all it takes to get it together and medal which is supposed to rank higher than the bronze medal which is given out to people who actually perform combat duty but according to the pentagon criteria i'm going to cite it here it will be recognizing a single act that directly affects the combat operation does not involve an act of valor and war incident word higher than the bronze medal so instead of having to go to the front line and risk the extreme bloody violence there you can just sit in your recliner with a joystick and maybe a couple to know for example and just wage war from about
the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from a. in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it will be handed out to joystick wielding drone pilots who wage their battles without setting foot in combat zones. and in a going to explain to my colleagues what it takes to get the award. so you're cygnus here you have a joystick and you point click and they get an award as their sleeve that's all it takes to get it together and medal...
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and a red faced pentagon is left to explain how iranian fuel wound up powering the u.s. war machines conflicts years long violation of america's very own embargo against the islamic state. east or west home is best u.k. government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true that fear is the inflow of immigrants will become overwhelmed. and russia bogs seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost about two million lives but ultimately changed the very course of the second world war. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at aussie moscow i'm a real research share with you all global. news. violent protests have swept several egyptian cities overnight in cairo the wave of rioting reached the presidential palace for the first time now in more than a week of turmoil and petrol bombs were lobbed over the gates with thousands demanding the president steps down and police responded with tear gas and heavy water cannons at least one person was killed fifty injured in the clashes reporter bill true
and a red faced pentagon is left to explain how iranian fuel wound up powering the u.s. war machines conflicts years long violation of america's very own embargo against the islamic state. east or west home is best u.k. government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true that fear is the inflow of immigrants will become overwhelmed. and russia bogs seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost about two million lives...
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leg red faced pentagon is left to explain how it raining fuel ended up powering the u.s. war machines conflicts in a years long violation of america's own embargo against the islamic state. led east or west home is best. to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true as if the influx of immigrants will become overwhelming. and russia seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost two million lives but changed the course of the second. screen around the world this is a new center here in moscow twenty four hours a day violent protests have swept through several egyptian cities overnight the wave of rioting reached the presidential palace for the first time in more than a week of turmoil petrol bombs were thrown over the gates with thousands demanding the president steps down police responded with tear gas and water cannons one person was killed and at least fifty injured in the clashes reported bill true. witness the mayhem i personally witnessed a lot of police brutality there's been a criticism of the police
leg red faced pentagon is left to explain how it raining fuel ended up powering the u.s. war machines conflicts in a years long violation of america's own embargo against the islamic state. led east or west home is best. to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true as if the influx of immigrants will become overwhelming. and russia seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost two million lives but changed the course of the...